I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.

New York has always embraced me.

Film students should stay as far away from film schools and film teachers as possible. The only school for the cinema is the cinema.

I'm no longer interested in making political films. There's something old-fashioned about them. Young people now don't care for politics. It isn't present in life as it used to be. And increasingly I like films which reflect present-day reality.

The life before '68 was very different from the life after '68. Before '68, our days were full of authoritarian moments. There were authorities everywhere. In fact, the movement of '68 was young people against their authorities, children against their parents. And that remained. The most important thing of all, the thing that lasted, was the first feminist movement and the position of women in society. That completely changed and that was very, very important.